Everyday Discoveries

  • Squirrel beside cardboard boxes in a living room with a dog nearby

    We Had a Plan. Then There Was a Squirrel — excuse me, Mr. Squirrel.

    We thought we had a normal evening planned. My husband was upstairs ripping out carpet, my son was downstairs eating snacks, and Finn had just gotten his ice cream treat. Then we heard scratching in the fireplace. What followed involved a squirrel, an empty box, several increasingly desperate plans, a garage door used as a…

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  • We Remodeled Our Kitchen Ourselves. We Survived.

    We decided to remodel our tiny kitchen ourselves. We weren’t professionals, but we had an IKEA kitchen planner, a whole lot of coffee, and apparently enough confidence to think we could pull it off. Here’s what we discovered along the way—and how we managed to survive it without killing each other. 😂

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  • Woman organizing clothes in a bedroom dresser

    Things That Should Have a “Where the Heck Is This?” Button

    Have you ever put something somewhere “safe” while cleaning, only to completely forget where that safe place was? Turns out, there may be a reason our brains do this—and apparently, Future Me cannot be trusted with Present Me’s organizational decisions.

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  • Open journal reading “I wonder why…” beside coffee, books, keys, and a potted plant

    Welcome to Everyday Discoveries

    Everyday life is full of little questions, odd observations, and things that make me wonder, “Why is that?” Everyday Discoveries is where I follow those questions, go down a few rabbit holes, and see what I find along the way.

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